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Back in the shadow of land life
We return to Nanaimo and every other return from every other summer washes over us. The headlong rush from watery wilderness, wind, a certain coolness, the sound of birds crying or calling dumps us into heat, diesel fumes, voices chattering and laughing, sirens, flashing lights, clearly demarcated borders and limits, bridges arches ferries dock, ribbons of highways, the stench of tar, screeching tires, beeping demanding telephones and messages. It’s like crossing a border from a world in which your thoughts and actions count, into one in which you are pure reactiveness. The shift is both painful and exciting. Continue reading
Posted in 2012
Tagged diesel, fog, land life, Nanaimo, Nigei Island, Quoody's Run, sailing, sea lions, wilderness
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Halibut fishing and whales singing in Bolin Bay
28 July 2012 Where Sheep Passage bends north between Pooley Island and the mainland, steep mountains run down to the sea. We were aiming for Bolin Bay for the night, a narrow slit between mainland peaks, named, like many of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012
Tagged BC mainland, bears, Bolin Bay, Bonaparte's gulls, Fiordland, fishing, fog, halibut fishing, loon, mountains, sailing, salmon, salmon farms, Sheep Passage, whale songs, whales
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Fast Track Back–Fishery Politics in Northern BC
27 July 2012 Klewnuggit Inlet; Butedale Homeward bound. The low clouds suited our grey mood: we didn’t want to turn back just yet, but the concerns of our land life were calling; we’d been conquered by the calendar. At least … Continue reading
Posted in 2012
Tagged Butedale, DFO, fish farms, fishing, fog, Fraser Reach, Grenville Channel, Heikish Narrows, McKay Reach, Northern BC, salmon, Sheep Passage, Skeena River
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In Klemtu Anchorage
19-20 July 2012, Klemtu Anchorage (Clothes Bay) Marike Muses Anchored in Klemtu Anchorage, a mile south of the public wharves. It rained all afternoon. At 13h00 Zulu, we left No Name. That was morning where we were. Zulu time so … Continue reading
Rounding Cape Caution to Fury Cove and the Central Coast (Paradise!)
8-12 July 2012 Mound Island/Port McNeill/Blunden Harbour/Cape Caution/Fury Cove We met up again with our friends Rick and Dawn on Kalagan at Mound Island, and crossed Blackfish Sound to Port McNeill, near the top edge of Vancouver Island. There, to … Continue reading
“I’ve lost my rudder in the chuck!” (More Coast Guard Tales)
16 June 2012 What do you do when you hear someone cry out over the radio, “I’ve lost my rudder in the chuck?” If you’re the Comox Coast Guard Station, you reply immediately: “Station who reported losing its rudder in … Continue reading
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